The command line may seem like an esoteric tool for developers and uber-hackers, but it has plenty of useful tricks up its sleeve. Here are a few easy things you can do from a terminal window that ...

Ubuntu's Gnome-based graphical user interface lets you open and view business documents saved in the PDF format using the Nautilus file manager and a few mouse clicks. Since Ubuntu is a Linux ...

File creation is perhaps one of the most trivial tasks you perform on your computer almost every day. If you’re a Windows user, you probably do it via the graphical interface. Although this approach ...

When it comes to hidden and unique features in the Windows operating system, the command prompt might not be the first thing that comes to mind. Often used to sideload the latest version of Android ...

MS-DOS or Microsoft Disk Operating System was the dominant operating system for Personal Computer throughout the 80s. MS-DOS is a non-graphical command line operating system. MS-DOS allows the user to ...

One of the useful features of the Windows Command Prompt (also known as CMD, CMD line or Command line) is creating, or adding, a text file to the current directory. This is especially useful if you ...

I have a script for Maya and Photoshop that I'm trying to make compatible for Windows users. Maya's MEL scripting lets you send system commands so I have a simple command line script for OS X that ...

Even if you're a command-line devotee, sometimes it's just way easier to use the mouse and a GUI to navigate to the file than to type out a long path name. This clever trick will pull up a file ...

An elevated Command Prompt lets you run commands with special powers to change important computer settings. You can open an elevated Command Prompt in Windows 11, 10, and 8 through the Power User Menu ...

You can prevent or stop Command Prompt from closing immediately after opening or executing a batch file in Windows 11/10 in the following three ways: By using the Pause command. By using the cmd /k ...